In 1867, the last feudal Japanese military government, Edo bakufu, returned the governing power back to Emperor Meiji. However, Oniwaban, a group of undercover spies, was still being employed by themilitary government, secretly protecting the Shogun and collecting valuableintelligence. They disguised their appearances, and formed their headquarters near the famous street in Kyoto, Hanamikoji. In 1878, with the help of severalskilled female agents, Oniwaban assassinated the secretary of state at the time, posing a serious threat to the Meiji government...

Shadows in Kyoto is in the same universe and the bestselling game Hanamikoji. With beautiful artwork featuring the same fictional history, with easy to learn rules, a 2-player game with lots of variants. From the story, mechanism, art and all the details is focused in bringing players new and exciting game play experience. By utilizing the various leader charismas, your agents can unexpectedly break the opponent’s blockade, you can also strategize and set traps, attack when unexpected.

There are two types of intelligence in the game, real and fake. To win, 1 of your agent with real intelligence successfully escapes the enemy or capture 2 of enemy with real intelligence, or alternatively you can also let the enemy capture 3 fake intelligence. Each round players choose to play 1 Site Card or 1 Tactics Car, your agent will move to the corresponding site. If two opposing players occupy the same site, a conflict occurs, the player with the more power captures opponent’s agent.

《京都諜影》是暢銷遊戲《花見小路》的續作，優美的畫風搭配架空歷史，規則簡單易學，是款充滿變化的雙人棋類遊戲。從故事、機制、美術至各個細節，都希望帶給玩家新鮮有趣的體驗。遊戲中善用多元的領袖能力，讓密探以意想不到的進攻方式突破重圍攻略對方，也能運用戰術設下陷阱，暗地埋伏將對手一舉就擒。

密探分為「真」情報密探與「非真」情報密探兩種，遊戲過程中只要讓一名真密探成功移動至對方底線任一格領地即勝利，或過程中成功捉住對方兩名真情報密探，或讓任意3名非真情報密探被對手捉住也能取得勝利。玩家們每回合先從手牌中打出一張「地點卡」或「戰術卡」，移動一名密探至對應的顏色領地，當雙方密探共同處在同一塊領地時，便會觸發打鬥，戰力比對方大則勝出即捕捉。